Director of Enterprise Pipeline Engineering – Automation

PNC

Director of Enterprise Pipeline Engineering leading software and automation transformation at PNC. Collaborating with CTO on infrastructure automation and software delivery strategies.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timePittsburgh • Alabama, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $125,000 - $264,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Directs enterprise strategies, initiatives, policies, and programs for pipeline engineering, infrastructure automation, and software driven delivery across the CTO organization.
Acts as a key transformation leader in the evolution from infrastructure centric execution to software first automation, influencing how the organization designs, builds, and operates technology.
Defines the enterprise vision for “path to production”, including standards, architectural patterns, controls, and automation required to move from installed hardware to production ready platforms.
Architects and designs enterprise scale software platforms, automation frameworks, and pipelines that support infrastructure creation, configuration, validation, and lifecycle management.
Leads the adoption of best practices in software architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, configuration management, testing automation, and system integration.
Partners with architecture, security, risk, and operations teams to ensure automation solutions are secure, resilient, compliant, and production ready.
Works closely with delivery and development teams to turn architectural vision into execution through reusable services, tooling, and automation patterns.
Establishes clear engineering standards and reference implementations for teams building or consuming enterprise pipelines.
Drives measurable improvements in time to provision, deployment reliability, and operational stability through automation.
Directs, motivates, develops, and oversees the performance of management and senior engineering staff.
Builds a high performing organization blending software engineers, automation engineers, and infrastructure domain experts.
Coaches leaders and engineers to think and operate as software product teams, not ad hoc project teams.
Communicates with executive leadership, vendors, and suppliers to align on technology direction, tooling strategy, and platform capabilities.
Serves as a trusted partner across CTO, infrastructure, and platform organizations—driving alignment without duplicating or displacing existing ownership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Software Engineering & Architecture
Infrastructure Automation & Platform Engineering
CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering
Information Security & Risk Alignment
IT Architecture & Systems Integration
Proven leadership over large scale, cross enterprise initiatives
Demonstrated success leading software driven transformation within infrastructure, platform, or CTO organizations
Bachelors degree
8+ years of industry-relevant experience
5+ years of prior management experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
dental and vision options
employee and spouse/child life insurance
short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
pension and stock purchase plans
dependent care reimbursement account
back-up child/elder care
adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
a robust wellness program with financial incentives

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsoftware architectureinfrastructure automationplatform engineeringCI/CDpipeline engineeringinformation securityrisk alignmentIT architecturesystems integration

Soft Skills

leadershiptransformation leadershipcoachingcommunicationmotivationteam buildingperformance managementstrategic alignmentcollaborationinfluencing

Certifications

Bachelor's degree